Me and Mom just before the Tashka adventure race.
Disappointment a Day: 67 Pete a Day: 48 Tashka Adventure race!
Today was the Tashka Adventure race. It was put on by About Time Events. Excellent swag and the event even started on time. I LOVE that.
I’m not disappointed because we didn’t finish. From my estimation we made it 17ish miles. 6 miles on canoe, close to 4 miles running, and 7ish on bike. I was pooped, Mom was pooped. No biggie.
My disappointment today was that I forgot to turn on my GPS tracker. I would know exactly how far we went. I’m kicking myself for that. Oh well.
My photo of the day is of something Amberly said she had never seen before.
That is salt from my sweat. I had a head band on at one point. Then my bike helmet set in about the same place. I guess it just caught the sweat, evaporated, and left the salt residue on my forehead.
The Tight and Twisty 50K!
I made it official this past weekend. I’m going to construct a trail in Haleyville, and hold an ultramarathon on it in March 2013. I came up with a goofy name: The Tight and Twisty 50K! The proposed route twists and turns in a relatively small area of land, that’s why it is tight and twisty! The trail is going to be approximately 3ish miles long. It will be at least 3 miles, but most likely it will be longer. That means 10 laps!
New Years Eve Scott, Mom and I hiked across the land so I could get a feel for where they course should be. Here’s a GPS route from the day. It doesn’t show the exact route, but part of it.
Thanks to Endomondo for the GPS tracking data. While this is not the actual route it is close to part of the proposed route. I’m not sure how accurate the elevation is on this, but if it is close the race will have somewhere between 3000 to 5000 feet elevation change. I’ll have a better number once the exact course has been created. Stay tuned for more info. I’ll be in Haleyville working on the trails quite a bit this spring and early summer. If any one would like to help let me know. I know I will need it.
I’m thinking about hosting a small 5K sometime this fall just to help pack the trail as well as get feedback on it.
December 2011 Orienteering
Yep, I’m a slacker. Not really, I’ve just been busy.
Thanks Holiday season!
It’s 2012, and I’ve got quite a few things on the horizon. Before we continue something from 2011!
On December 17th, I ran another orienteering race. I stepped up to the Orange level course. Orange courses are a little longer and the controls are a bit harder to find. I once again made it to 2nd place. I was beat by 19 seconds! So close! The biggest thing that beat me in this course was my fitness level. I’m working on it.
I know I said for the docket that I would get 1st before I stepped up to the new level, but I’ll make an exception again this time. I’m giving myself a pass on this because it was a fitness issue not a navigational issue. Sue me it’s my list. haha!
If you want to see the results to the meet they can be found here.
I won’t be at the January meet due to having my eyes done. Look for more orienteering from me at the Green level in February.
Completed 5K!
I ran in the Race to the Highlands 5K this weekend. It was a beautiful Saturday morning. My friend Michael came out to push me along. He is an incredible runner. I hated that I held him back, but I’m glad he stuck with me throughout the race. If not for his encouragement, I would have not finished as well as I did. My finish time was somewhere around 33 minutes. I wanted to throw up by the time I got to the finish line so, I’m a bit fuzzy on what the time clock read. Hopefully the race director will post results, and I can share those with you my readers (all 2 of you).
The course was great. There were two wicked hill climbs. I’m not that great at judging distances, but one of them had to be over a quarter mile straight up. I really need to work on my hills. I also found that I need to find a better way to warm up my calves and ankles. I did a good job of prepping everything but those areas. It could be I just need to work on ankle strength.